Australian music needs you

April 14, 2022

There is a marvellous essay at the end of Martin Williams’s Jazz Changes entitled ‘Recognition, Prestige and Respect: They’re Academic Questions’. In it, Mr Williams argues that the centrality of composers Read the full article…

Who’s your favourite piano player?

March 23, 2022

Interview questions can be really interesting, and encourage you to think along lines you haven’t before. They’re the best ones, and when the interviewer shows a genuine interest in what Read the full article…

The album is a journey

April 18, 2021

I know you own a copy of Kind of blue. Hopefully it’s placed alphabetically under D for Davis, and you’ll be able to find it quickly. Go on, locate it and Read the full article…

One hundred more

November 10, 2020

Following on from my last post, I write to complete the story of the quarantunes. After a hiatus of almost a fortnight, in which I thought I’d finished, I recommenced Read the full article…

Sharing is caring

June 26, 2020

So I have now completed a run of a hundred very nearly daily pieces, filmed for public viewing on Facebook, that I wound up entitling ‘quarantunes’. As noted in the Read the full article…